49 Bible Verses about Work

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Deceit » The wicked » Work

Deceit » Work

Satan's » Work » Instigating men to sin

John 13:2

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

2 Corinthians 12:7

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Satan's » Work » Preying upon men

Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ

Satan's » Work » Ruining the soul and body

Luke 13:16

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

Luke 9:42

While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Satan's » Work » Slandering saints

Job 1:9-10

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 1:11

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Topics on Work

Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

Destruction Of Satan's Works

Zephaniah 1:4

I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,

Doing God's Works

John 6:28

They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

Hard Work

John 4:38

I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

Rejoicing In God's Works

Psalm 92:4

For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

Reward For Works

Psalm 62:12

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Work As To Christ

Ephesians 6:6

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.

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